Senior Expert - Tech & Innovation Thought Leadership

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Since 1843, The Economist Group has championed independence, excellence and openness, helping people understand and tackle the critical challenges shaping the world. Today, we are building on that legacy as a global media and information-services company powered by digital innovation, analytical rigour and evidence-based insight. Across our three businesses - The Economist, Economist Enterprise and Economist Education - we deliver trusted analysis and insights to individuals and organisations in more than 170 countries. United by a shared purpose to drive progress, we empower decision-makers to make sense of change and chart a course through an increasingly complex world. As a colleague, you will be part of a culture that values ideas, encourages ownership and holds itself to high standards. We invest in people who are curious, thoughtful and adaptable, whether they are launching new products, reporting on global events or harnessing emerging technologies such as AI to improve how we work. Here, fresh thinking is taken seriously, ambition is matched by integrity, and great work is recognised. Working across disciplines, geographies and perspectives, we are united by a commitment to innovation, excellence and creating meaningful impact. Role overview Economist Impact combines the rigour of a think-tank with the creativity of a media brand to engage a globally influential audience. We believe that evidence-based insights can open debate, broaden perspectives and catalyse progress. Economist Impact's Policy & Insights team combines qualitative and quantitative research techniques to generate new insights to support the marketing and communications objectives of businesses, governments and international organisations. The role of Senior Expert, Tech & Innovation plays a key role in the delivery of Economist Impact's independent thought leadership research programmes, ensuring the highest standards of editorial quality. Senior Experts typically oversee multiple research projects and serve as key points of contact with our funders and clients. They lead and direct content leads and analysts to undertake research tasks and content production, providing critical direction, oversight and challenge to research, analysis and outputs. Based in New York, with London also considered, this role will sit within the Global Head, Tech & Innovation team, reporting to the Global Head, Tech & Innovation, and will have a strong global mandate. The Senior Expert will play an important role in shaping and delivering Economist Impact's Tech & Innovation research and thought leadership across regions, while also contributing to selected projects in other expertise areas where relevant. The Senior Expert will help shape and deliver high-quality research and thought leadership on the technologies and innovation systems that are transforming economies, industries and societies. The role is primarily one of content and intellectual leadership: designing distinctive research programmes, ensuring analytical rigour, sharpening editorial quality and helping to develop compelling, policy-relevant insight for business, government and other senior audiences. The role will also support proposal development and broader business development efforts, though it does not carry direct commercial targets. A successful Senior Expert will have demonstrated expertise in Tech & Innovation, strong editorial sensibilities, analytical and critical thinking skills, and superior written and oral communication skills. They will ensure that Economist Impact thought leadership research and content reflects The Economist Group's core values of independence and integrity while delivering value to clients by appealing to key target audiences. How you will contribute Project execution Serve as the Senior Expert for sponsored thought leadership programmes aligned with Tech & Innovation, with a particular focus on global themes in artificial intelligence, frontier technologies and innovation policy, while also contributing to selected regional and cross-practice projects as needed. Contribute to programmes across other expertise areas, including trade and geopolitics, sustainability, health and economic competitiveness, as needed. Be responsible for designing and developing programmes, in addition to overseeing the production of thought leadership content outputs, including reports, briefing papers, articles and infographics, ensuring they reflect the latest trends and context and offer genuinely new insight. Design, direct and leverage Economist Impact research teams to produce original insight and analysis. Provide strong content leadership across projects, setting the intellectual direction of programmes and ensuring outputs are analytically rigorous, editorially sharp and relevant to target audiences. Write and communicate in clear, Economist-style, jargon-free prose. Direct external contributors and edit content outputs to ensure they

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